If you've ever put off answering a question or told your child to ask your partner, you are not alone. Research for the Science: [So what? So everything]
campaign reveals that of the parents asked, 80 per cent have been left stumped by the science questions their children have asked them.
So to help arm parents with the science facts they need to answer their kids' queries for the rest of the holiday period, the Science: [So what? So everything] campaign has launched a new section of its website that will help parents of young children answer some of the trickiest questions their children ask like "Why is the sky blue?" and "Where do bogeys come from?"
As well as finding answers to some of their kids' questions, parents can download five activity sheets with fun facts and figures, science-related activities to do, and places to go to help the whole family understand more about the science behind the way things work.
Go to www.direct.gov.uk/sciencesowhat
